Spool-holder.



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W, E. RAYMOND.

SPOOL HOLDER.

APPLlCATION FILED NOV. 6. l9l5.

l ,1 9 1 ,733. Patented July 18, 1916.

. WARREN EDMUND RAYMOND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern RAYMOND, a citizen of the United States,

and a resident of Chicago, inthe county of 5 Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool-Holders, of which the following isa specification.

- Myinvention relates to spool holders, and more particularly to devices adapted to hold a spool or similar container for yarn, cord and the like as for Crocheting, knitting and similar purposes.

The princlpal objects of the present invention are to provide a spool holder of light weight, and of strong and simple construction, in which the spool is held so that the cord or yarn is delivered freely, either from the end of the spool or from the side thereof as desired, and without fouling; and also to provide a holder having resilient properties, whereby a pull upon the cord when the device is in use is communicated to a springy yielding support whereby a more regular and uniform paying out of the cord is obtained and the operation ofdrawing the cord from the spool is rendered more easy and agreeable to the hand of the operator than where the support is rigid; also to provide a holder of the character described which is suitable for use standing on the floor, table, chairs, etc, and also upon a bed, as in the case of use by invalids.

An important object is to provide a device of the character mentioned which, although having a normally wide base to afford the required stability,v may be brought into relatively small compass when not in use; and also to provide such a device in which the same may serve as a container for the spools when not in use.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter. In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, I have illustrated a preferred form and several modified forms of these improvements.

In these drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form having a special form of spool thereon; Fig.2 is a small diagrammatic top view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a small diagrammatic side view of the same, the spool being omitted in Figs. 2 and 3; Fig. 4 is a side view of the device of Fig. 1 when reduced to smaller compass, two spools being shown on one of the legs;

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 18;, 1916,

Applieation filed. November 6, 1915. Serial No. 59,965. i

Fig. 5 is a top view of a modified form, the

legs being curved; Figs. 6 and 7 are respeetively a top and side view of another modification, and Fig. 8 is a perspective of another modified form.

Similar parts in" the several figures are given the same reference characters.

7 Referring to Figs; 1 to 4: inclusive the 'preferred form of my improved holder comprises a single piece'of preferably spring steel wire, or other similar light Weight springy metal, bent substantially upon itself intermediate its ends, as at 15, into substantially parallel relation, to provide the arm 16 comprising the upper member 16 and the lower member 16 spaced apart whereby the ring or similar leg holding device 17, which is preferably also a stop for the spool, may slide from the point 15 to the shank 18 of the arm 16. The two wire parts of the arm are preferably twisted together to form the stout shank portion 18, the wires diverging therefrom and extending apart from each other to form the legs 19, 19 lying substantially in the same horizontal plane. The spool-holding arm is normally substantially in a vertical plane intermediate the legs. Rubber tubing 20'may be slipped upon the legs, either throughout the entire length, as on the leg 19, or onlyat the extremities as shown on leg 19 or otherwise, and this to prevent marring the polishof a table and to provide a better gripping action thereon. The shank portion 18 preferably extends upward and forward and the arm 16 is preferably also on an angle with the plane of the legs so that when a spool of yarn, sometimes fairly heavy, is carried by it the arm will preferably not be carried downward beyond a horizontal position. The ring 17 acts as a stop for the spool, as 21, when the device is in use, and, when not in use, it serves to hold the legs 19, 19" and the arm 16 in a relatively small compass, as shown in Fig. 1, it being, only necessaryto remove the spool, as 21, grasp the legs and arm so as to force them toward each other, and pass the ring 17, or its equivalent, over the ends ofthe legs. The legs 19, 19 of the device may accommodate various spools, as 22, 23, (Fig. 4), and the device may be thus laid away in a drawer or work-basket,or be carried in a ladys hand bag, while occupying relatively smallspace. When the legs are released from the leg-holder, as 17 the legs and arm spring away from each other vide a wide base if desired; but in practice.

I find the V-shaped base of Fig. 1 ample for all ordinary purposes.

In the modified form of Figs. 6 and 7 the v legs 24., 24fare formed from a single piece of preferably spring wire, the wire being formed into two rings 25 to provide eyes 26, the wire being carried forward and upward therefrom to form the loop 27 constituting a stop or rest for the arm 28. This arm 28 is preferably a single piece of spring wire doubled and twisted substantially as in the device of Fig. 1, but the ends of the wire are turned outward to form pintles 29 held in the eyes 26 of the rings 25. The ring 17 (Figs. 6 and 7 may hold the legs 24, 24. as in the device of Fig. 1, but the device of Figs. 6 and 7 may be brought into still smaller compass by swinging the arm 28 on its pivots 29 through an arc of substantially 360 degrees and securing the legs and arm together by the-holder, as 17, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7

In Fig. 8 I have shown a modified form in which the legs 30, 3O are substantially parallel with each other and the arm 31 is carried directly by the diverging leg parts 32, 32

In perhaps the greater number of instances the device Will be used while the same stands upon a table, and the normal position of the spool holding arm for such use will ordinarily be either horizontal or preferably with the arm pointing slightly upward, in which attitude of the arm the cord or yarn passes ofl freely from the end of the spool or from the side, in which latter instance the spool rotates freely 011 the arm. An important advantage in the present structure is in the fact that the arm may be sprung upward or downward for endfeeding from other elevations than that of a table. For instance, if the device is to be placed upon a chair, or upon the floor or ground, the arm may be sprung upward so that the aXisof the spool is substantially directly toward the hands of the person doing the knitting or the like, thus providing the maximum freedom of feeding over the end of the spool. Ordinarily, however, the angle of the spool-holding arm will not be changed for such slight differences in height as from the table to a chair. It is obvious that for side feeding the substantially horizontal position of the arm need not be changed for use at any elevation.

The arm of the device is adapted to accommodate all the ordinary spools of commerce'upon which cords, yarns, threads, etc, for knitting, crocheting and the like are wound. Many: of such spools are merely pastebo-ard tubes, the respective inside diameters of which vary considerably. Containers of the larger inside diameters respectively are preferably slipped upon a bushing-like pieceadapted to rotate upon the arm and having a smaller axial hole whereby a more regular rotation of the container on the arm is obtained. In practice I preferably provide with the device the special spool 21 having a substantially large flange 21 at one end and a relatively small knob 21 at the other end, which spool 21, among its other uses, may be employed as such bushing piece upon which to place the yarn or cord containers of the larger inside diameters. An important use of the spool 21, however, is for winding cord, yarn, etc., upon it from skeins or other packages pre liminary to paying it off when upon the arm of the device. The spool 21 is ordinarily made of wood, but may be of any suitable material. Where the spool 21. is employed as an auxiliary holder or bushing for lightweight spools or tubes of material, its own weight provides an advantageous stability to the device in use and also affords additional inertia or drag adapted to prevent the too free rotation of such light-weight spools.

The invention is not limited to the specific embodiments shown, and I contemplate all modifications thereof as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A holder for spools for yarn, cord, or the like, comprising a pair of diverging legs of spring metal lying substantially in a plane and adapted to rest upon a substantially horizontal surface, said legs being secured together and the metal thereof formed to provide a spool-holding arm normally above and substantially horizontal and ex tending substantially in a vertical plane intermediate said legs.

2. A holder for spools for yarn, cord, or the like, comprising a pair of diverging legs of spring metal adapted to rest upon a substantially horizontal surface, said legs being secured together and the metal thereof formed to provide a spool-holding arm normally above and substantially in a vertical plane intermediate said legs, and means carried by said arm adapted to hold said legs and said arm in relatively small compass when said legs and said arm are drawn toward each other and secured by said means. y

3. A holder for spools for yarn, cord and the like comprising a single piece of wire formed to provide a base lying substantially in a plane and adapted to rest upon a substantially horizontal surface, said wire being twisted together above the normal plane of said base, and formed to provide a spool-holding arm normally above and substantially horizontal and extending substantially in a vertical plane falling within said base;

4. A holder for spools for yarn, cord and the like comprising a pair of wire legs of spring metal diverging from each other to form a base adapted to rest upon a substantially horizontal surface, and an arm carried by said legs substantially where they diverge, said arm extending therefrom so as to be positioned normally above and substantially in a vertical plane intermediate said legs, said arm having means thereon adapted to hold said legs and said arm in relatively small compass when said legs and said arm are drawn toward each other and secured by said means.

5. A holder for spools for yarn, cord and the like comprising a pair of wire legs of spring metal diverging from each other to form a base adapted to rest upon a substantially horizontal surface, and an arm carried by said legs substantially where they diverge, said arm extending upward and forward therefrom so as to be positioned normally above and substantially in a vertical plane intermediate said legs, said arm having two parts, one thereof normally above the other and spaced apart whereby a holding element may slide between said parts, and a holding element carried by said arm in said space, the portion of said arm accommodating said holding element being adapted to enter the axial hole of a spool to be held whereby such spool may rotate thereon, said spool-holding portion of said arm being normally at such an angle to the plane of the base that the axis of a spool thereon will be more horizontal than vertical, said holding element being adapted to engage said legs holdingly when the same are drawn sufliciently toward said arm when it is desired to hold the device in relatively small compass.

6. A holder for spools for yarn, cord and the like, which comprises a single piece of spring wire bent double and substantially parallel intermediate its ends to provide a double arm having a space between the doubled parts thereof to accommodate a legholding element slidingly therebetween, the doubled parts of said arm being twisted upon themselves to provide a shank portion, said twisted parts diverging from each other to form legs adapted to rest upon a substantially horizontal surface, said arm being normally above and substantially in a vertical plane intermediate said legs, a legholding element between the parts of said double arm, said legs being of such length and formation that said leg-holding ele ment may be passed over a portion 0 each thereof to hold the same and said arm in relatively small compass when said legs and said arm are drawn sufliciently toward each other respectively, said arm and said legs being adapted to spring away from each other respectively into normal position for use when said legs are released from said leg-holding element.

WARREN EDMUND RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

MARY F. LINCOLN, M. M. KRIESAND.

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